As recently as last summer, Plano East safety Tyler Owens remained largely under the radar, boasting only a handful of Power 5 offers ahead of his final season among the high school ranks. In the months since, Owens has committed to and ultimately signed with the Texas Longhorns, and furthermore, put forth a sensational senior season showing that will now see Owens serve as the headliner of Tom Herman’s 2019 class.
On Tuesday, ahead of the outlet’s complete rankings, 247Sports released the list of five-stars featured in the final Top247 rankings, and among that bunch is Owens, whose meteoric rise continued and now has him slotted as the nation’s No.